Yasemin Horasan

Yasemin Horasan — Biography

Yasemin Horasan was born in Istanbul on 1 August 1983 and is a retired center, 1.87 m tall. She started in Beşiktaş's mini-team, won the Turkish Junior Girls' Championship with the club in 1997 and turned professional the same year. She stayed at Beşiktaş until 2007 and rose to captain. In 2002-03 she was named Most Valuable Player across the whole league, and the club sent her to IMG Academy in Florida to sharpen her technique. In 2004-05 Beşiktaş beat Fenerbahçe 3-2 in the final, and she was one of the key players in the title that came after a 21-year wait.

In 2007-08 she moved to Phard Napoli in Italy and won the Super Cup. She joined Galatasaray in 2008-09, when the team won the Eurocup, only the second European cup a Turkish club had taken, and the Turkish Cup followed in 2009-10. She later returned to Beşiktaş, then played for Fenerbahçe, where she took part in the Euroleague and won the 2012-13 league title. Her last club was Basketbolu Geliştirenler Derneği.

She played for the national team at every age level and earned more than 317 caps. She won gold at the 2005 Mediterranean Games and silver at the 2011 European Championship, and helped Turkey finish fifth at the 2012 London Olympics. She announced her retirement on 3 November 2016 and was appointed manager of the senior women's national team in 2018.